by Andrea George | May 25, 2018 | Featured, In the media
‘A parent is a child’s first teacher.’ Parents in the Langeberg are being encouraged by their children’s ECD teachers to create informal learning opportunities with their young children at home, using the Wordworks Home-School Partnerships Programme.” ...
by Andrea George | Apr 4, 2018 | Featured, Newsletter
In the March edition of our newsletter we have exciting news about the launch of a Wordworks App for parents, caregivers and teachers of babies and young children. We also share a link to a new booklet that shows you how to make inexpensive resources for babies and...
by Andrea George | Mar 25, 2018 | Featured, Wordworks App
Would you like to know more about how to talk, play, sing and share books with babies and young children? Or how to support their drawing and early writing? Did you know that you can enjoy maths with young children through everyday activities? If you would like to...
by Andrea George | Mar 5, 2018 | Featured, Latest news
17 participants from eight NGOs working in the Western Cape have completed a series of nine monthly Every Word Counts (EWC) training sessions. They are from Capespan, Foundation for Community Work, GCU, Philani, Sikhula Sonke, Unogwaja Charitable Fund, Valley...
by Andrea George | Dec 15, 2017 | Featured, In the media
Wordworks Director Shelley O’ Carroll’s opinion piece in the Mail & Guardian is a response to the recent PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) report. South Africa was placed at the bottom of 50 participating countries in reading, with 78% of...
by Andrea George | Dec 1, 2017 | Featured, Latest news
Volunteer tutors celebrated for their support of young children learning to read and write 60 Co-ordinators of Wordworks’ Ready Steady Read Write (RSRW) programme gathered this week to celebrate another successful year of running this early literacy programme at...
